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Dictionary definition for: Ordeal
1. (n) a severe or trying experience
2. (n) a primitive method of determining a person''s guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
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